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Senate legislation introduced August 3 calls for an overhaul of the $400 million program charged with ensuring the quality and efficiency of Medicare services. Sens. Chuck Gr...
Hospital groups across the country today are assessing the potential impact of the final IPPS rule issued by the Ce...
Solidcore Systems, Inc., a Cupertino, Calif-based provider of change control software for critical systems, has announced that WorkingRx, a provider of workers' compensation pharmacy...
The full Senate yesterday approved the Senate Finance Committee's proposed $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The 68-31 vote comes one day after the House approved...
The House of Representatives passed the Children's Health and Medicare Protection (CHAMP) Act in a 225 to 204 vote on Aug. 1. The legislation, which w...
The nation's hospitals will get an extra year to adapt to Medicare's new severity-adjusted payment system, according to a final rule released Aug. 1 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services....
As the debate over how to fund an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program heats up, America's Health Insurance Plans has criticized the option of cutting funding to Medicare Advanta...
The federal government has announced additional steps to limit the risk of fraud in the durable medical equipment contracting process. Late last week, the Centers...
The Premier Healthcare Alliance has announced its plans to pilot a patient safety and healthcare quality program. The Charlotte, NC-based alliance, representing 1,70...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to begin dissemination of national provider identifier numbers today on its Web site. The August 1 release, del...